Humboldt
Humboldt may refer to:
People
- Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
- Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt
Fictional characters
- Wes Humboldt, a character played by Mike O’Brien on Corner Gas
Places
Canada
- Humboldt, Saskatchewan
- Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370, Saskatchewan
United States
- Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
- Humboldt City, California
- Humboldt, Illinois
- Humboldt, Iowa
- Humboldt, Kansas
- Humboldt, Nevada
- Humboldt, Minnesota
- Humboldt, Nebraska
- Humboldt, Portland, Oregon
- Humboldt, South Dakota
- Humboldt, Tennessee
- Humboldt, Wisconsin, a town
- Humboldt (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Humboldt Township (disambiguation), various townships of this name
Geographical features
Mountains
- Humboldt Range, Nevada
- East Humboldt Range, Nevada
- West Humboldt Range, Nevada
- Humboldt Mountains in Antarctica
- Humboldt Peak (California), a California peak in the Lassen National Forest at 40°09′01″N 121°25′47″W / 40.150341°N 121.429825°W
- Humboldt BM, a California benchmark peak west of Humboldt Peak (California) at 40°08′50″N 121°27′55″W / 40.147192°N 121.465187°W
- Humboldt Peak (Colorado), USA
- Humboldt Range (New Zealand), Otago, New Zealand
- Mont Humboldt in New Caledonia
- Pico Humboldt in Venezuela
Parks, forests, nature preserves
- Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, in Eureka, California
- Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge in California
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
- Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Nevada
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada
- Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt in Cuba
- Humboldt Park (Chicago park) in Chicago, Illinois
Rivers, lakes, bays, marshes
- Humboldt Bay, California
- Humboldt Current or Peru Current of the Pacific
- Humboldt Falls, Fiordland, New Zealand
- Humboldt Glacier in Greenland
- Humboldt River, Nevada
- Little Humboldt River, tributary of the Humboldt
- Humboldt Salt Marsh, Nevada
- Humboldt Sink, Nevada
- Lake Humboldt, Nevada
- Yos Sudarso Bay in New Guinea, formerly known as Humboldt Bay
Organizations and institutions
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a German foundation for the promotion of international research cooperation
- Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, German School in Lima, Peru
- Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, German School in Mexico City
- Colégio Humboldt, German school in São Paulo, Brazil
- Colegio Humboldt, German school in Puebla, Mexico
- Colegio Humboldt, German school in Caracas, Venezuela
- Universidad Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela
- Guevea de Humboldt, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Humboldt Shipmanagement, Valparaíso, Chile
- Humboldtschule, Bad Homburg, a German Gymnasium in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hesse
- Humboldt Box, a museum and information center in Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt High School (disambiguation), several high schools in the United States
- Humboldt Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde) in Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt International University, Miami, FL
- Humboldt State University, California
- Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Plants and animals
Animals
- Vesper bat (Humboldt's big-eared brown bat) (Histiotus humboldti)
- Woolly monkey (Humboldt's woolly monkey) (Lagothrix lagotricha)
- Squirrel monkey (Humboldt's squirrel monkey) (Saimiri sciureus cassiquiarensis)
- Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
- Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus humboldtii)
- Golden-backed uakari (Cacajao melanocephalus)
- Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)
- Amazon river dolphin subspecies (Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana)
Plants
- Anthurium humboldtianum, a species of arum
- Utricularia humboldtii, a large perennial carnivorous plant
- Mammillaria humboldtii, a cactus species
- Lilium humboldtii, Humboldt's lily
- Russula humboldtii, a mushroom species
- Quercus humboldtii, a South American oak
- Myrmecophila humboldtii, an orchid species
Ships
- Alexander von Humboldt (ship), a German tall ship
- USS Humboldt (AVP-21), a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947
- USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372), later WHEC-372, a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1949 to 1969
- Humboldt (steamer), an 1896 wooden steamer on the Alaska route, that also sailed between Los Angeles and San Francisco
- Humboldt, a Peruvian oceanographic ship.
In space
- 4877 Humboldt, asteroid
- 54 Alexandra, asteroid
- Humboldt (crater) on the Moon
- Mare Humboldtianum, lunar mare(sea)
Other uses
- Humboldt Airport in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Humboldt's Gift, a novel by Saul Bellow
- Humboldt Municipal Airport (disambiguation), multiple airports
- Humboldt Prize, a research prize
- Hotel Humboldt, a hotel of Caracas, Venezuela
- Sima Humboldt, sinkhole in Venezuela
- Monumento Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, Venezuela's first-designated national monument at Cueva del Guácharo, Caripe